move at snail's pace

And once general aviation spreads its wings, there may be fewer frustrated drivers in China increasingly congested cities, where traffic can move at snail's pace in rush hours and weekends.

Some positive data from the manufacturing industry in December had surprised some economists, but many warned nonetheless that Britain’s economy would continue to move at snail’s pace this year as households are reluctant to spend.

The noble animals were at their highest speed and doing their utmost, but to Peggy they seemed to move at snail’s pace.

They move at snail's pace, perhaps two miles an hour, and take maybe eight weeks to make the trip across the desert.